limit question .

IF I drive to sardis to fish the big lake and catch five legal fish . the wind blows me off the lake and I move to the lower lake . Am I allowed 15 or 20 fish total ? how will the lakes stop anyone from catching 15 then moving to the lower for 5 more ? Am I missing something ? Some of you will remember when grenada fishermen could have 5 any size and so many over 12 ? well we went to grenada to fish tarrance area . caught our 5 under(two of us ) drove to enid and finished our day . upon leaving longbranch we were checked . lucky for us (eventhough we did not measure the grenada fish ) all were over 10 (enid size restriction @ the time ). At Enid also if you go to the outlet channel you can have 20 but once pass 55 hwy bridge you may have 30 ? what happens if you walk back on coe property and get checked ? the game/fish folks need a concrete limit in ms . 10,20, 30 , ect . jmo . Have seen picnic area and cleaning stations clogged with short fish .Warden told me that unless he catches them on the water it's a waste of time to write a citation . they will say they came from spilway/ lower lake . This is more of a concern than number of poles or how you catch them . the recreation/fishing in ms . is being poorly maintained due to lack of funds allotted to the mdwfp. the state tip toes arround the coe and reaps a ton from all sportsmen. instate/out of state , hunting and fishing .jmo . With a little work between state/coe, Mississippi could really be special .

My understanding is where ever you are checked you should be within the guidelines of the law, say you fished the Lower Lake at Sardis and got ready to go and decided to ride up to Engineers Point to look around. As leaving Mr Greenjeans stops you, he aint gonna want to hear that those short fish came from the Lower Lake when you are in he parking lot of the main lake.

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

My understanding is where ever you are checked you should be within the guidelines of the law, say you fished the Lower Lake at Sardis and got ready to go and decided to ride up to Engineers Point to look around. As leaving Mr Greenjeans stops you, he aint gonna want to hear that those short fish came from the Lower Lake when you are in he parking lot of the main lake.

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want hold water in court . He may write it, but fail to appear in court because he knows it will be dismissed .
50% of our laws are no more than imformation to the honest public . this 40 fish per boat regulation is another example . If me, you, and another go out and catch twenty fish. let him off at the ramp (legal limit and legal to leave ) we go back and catch 40 , how will they enforce it ? I am with you but this stuff about how I catch them jigging , trolling , yo-yo (which I dont do ) is an attempt to cover fish taken because we send our wardens out bear hunting with a switch . jmo . kids getting tickets ridding 4-wheelers in the lake bottom for destruction of spawning areas 5-6 yrs . ago . havent had water in them since . so which does the most harm ?

May no hold water but will waste your time, I will not be at a public ramp that I am not in compliance to the regs associated with the water that ramp accesses.

This is where Honesty and Integrity enter the equation.

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Yep, I was sweating a little bit Saturday because I wasnt sure how many had been poured in our cooler, we had 25 in there and only 7 or 9 had been added. Dont think they would have cared that someone else had put fish in our box if we had been over 40, he already knew it was just Goodtime and I.

I threw the one back in the lake that was a qtr over 12--the rest were good to go:)
and yes they were from the lower

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Originally Posted by KDAVID1

I threw the one back in the lake that was a qtr over 12--the rest were good to go:)
and yes they were from the lower

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That was another concern, knew all of ours were ove 12 1/4 but who knows what someone else may do, its good and Mr Greenjeans was very nice.

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Originally Posted by eagle 1

IF I drive to sardis to fish the big lake and catch five legal fish . the wind blows me off the lake and I move to the lower lake . Am I allowed 15 or 20 fish total ? how will the lakes stop anyone from catching 15 then moving to the lower for 5 more ? Am I missing something ? Some of you will remember when grenada fishermen could have 5 any size and so many over 12 ? well we went to grenada to fish tarrance area . caught our 5 under(two of us ) drove to enid and finished our day . upon leaving longbranch we were checked . lucky for us (eventhough we did not measure the grenada fish ) all were over 10 (enid size restriction @ the time ). At Enid also if you go to the outlet channel you can have 20 but once pass 55 hwy bridge you may have 30 ? what happens if you walk back on coe property and get checked ? the game/fish folks need a concrete limit in ms . 10,20, 30 , ect . jmo . Have seen picnic area and cleaning stations clogged with short fish .Warden told me that unless he catches them on the water it's a waste of time to write a citation . they will say they came from spilway/ lower lake . This is more of a concern than number of poles or how you catch them . the recreation/fishing in ms . is being poorly maintained due to lack of funds allotted to the mdwfp. the state tip toes arround the coe and reaps a ton from all sportsmen. instate/out of state , hunting and fishing .jmo . With a little work between state/coe, Mississippi could really be special .

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These question have been asked before in this forum. One rainy day I didn't have anything constructive to do so I called the MDWFP office of enforcement in Jackson. I asked them the question just as written on here. Never could convince them that someone had asked. Personally, I wouldn't go to the trouble of loading my boat and going to the lower lake, launch my boat and go fishing for five fish. Kinda have to agree with the enforcement officer. Wouldn't be worth it.:twocents

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This is where Honesty and Integrity enter the equation.

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exactly . why does it matter how many poles you use ? a limit is a limit .

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Originally Posted by eagle 1

With a little work between state/coe, Mississippi could really be special .

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Hmmmnnnn... State and federal government agencies working together for the betterment of the PEOPLE?

Novel idea eagle, but it ain't ever gonna fly.:banghead

Eagle 1, Most of the folks a MDWP are MSU folks how bout given us a little help at the BOOSTER CLUB MEETING??????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????

the reason my thread crappie limit came on the heels of the rod limit thread is not about honesty and ect .a limit is a limit and trying to lower the playing field just ticks me off . I am a jig fisherman and only troll in the summer . what upsets me is the number of regs. that are not enforced because of the lack of funds for the mdwfp . I am not the enemy, just the opposite . If pole number is a problem then taking over the limit is the real issue . If the legislature would hire enough officers to enforce the regs/laws ,I think the state fishery could grow .the coe says the state controls whatever, the state says just the opposite . either work together or forget all this and just go fish .